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Showing posts with label Huelva. Show all posts

Thursday 18 April 2013

COMMON GREENSHANK (Tringa nebularia) El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

 
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The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a medium sized sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa. The breeding range of this wader or shorebird extends from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. This migratory species winters in sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. In addition, small numbers overwinter along the coasts of northwest Africa and northwest Europe including Britain and Ireland.
 
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
 
 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) distribution map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/TringaNebulariaIUCNver2018_2.png 
 
 Breeding           Passage           Non-breeding-winter           Vagrant  
 
SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons 

COMMON GREENSHANK (Tringa nebularia) El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

 
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Click external link here for detailed species information
 Click external link here to see distribution map and to hear calls
 
The Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) is a medium sized sandpiper of the family Scolopacidae which is in the genus Tringa. The breeding range of this wader or shorebird extends from northern Scotland eastwards across northern Europe and Asia. This migratory species winters in sub Saharan Africa, the Indian subcontinent and Australasia. In addition, small numbers overwinter along the coasts of northwest Africa and northwest Europe including Britain and Ireland.
 
Patrick J. O'Keeffe / Raw Birds
 
 Common Greenshank (Tringa nebularia) distribution map
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/TringaNebulariaIUCNver2018_2.png 
 
 Breeding           Passage           Non-breeding-winter           Vagrant  
 
SanoAK: Alexander Kürthy, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons 

Thursday 31 January 2013

SHORT TOED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus gallicus Parque Nacional de Doñana, El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

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SHORT TOED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus gallicus Parque Nacional de Doñana, El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

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SHORT TOED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus gallicus Parque Nacional de Doñana, El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

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SHORT TOED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus gallicus Parque Nacional de Doñana, El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

 
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SHORT TOED SNAKE EAGLE Circaetus gallicus Parque Nacional de Doñana, El Rocio, Almonte, Huelva, Andalucía, Spain

 
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